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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.11.001
	Ethical aspects in the economic modeling of water policy options
	Biewald A.; Kowarsch M.; Lotze-Campen H.; Gerten D.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	30
英文摘要	Model-based ecological-economic studies on water management can be a valuable source of information for policy decisions on water-related issues; however, disputable normative assumptions may be involved. Deliberately or unintentionally, such assumptions can make these studies policy-prescriptive. Using the conceptual design of a spatially explicit agro-economic model as an example, this article introduces and employs a framework for analyzing normative assumptions in applied economic studies to increase transparency. We argue that the many value-laden issues identified in the studies cannot be - and should not be - avoided. Instead, if used properly and transparently, they can increase the policy-relevance and usability of model-based studies without being policy-prescriptive or "subjective". This requires analyzing and comparing the practical consequences of alternative policy goals or other value-laden assumptions. Therefore, this article secondly demonstrates, through an example, how researchers can deal more constructively with normative assumptions; our model calculations indicate different consequences of alternative ethical assumptions on how water-intensive agricultural products could be globally distributed. Finally, we argue that applied economic studies can improve their coverage of the ethical aspects of water policy, including (1) social equity, (2) inter-generational justice and (3) ecological sustainability. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Agro-economic model; Normative assumption; Policy analysis; Water management
学科领域	agricultural economics; conceptual framework; decision making; equity; ethics; intergenerational transfer; policy analysis; sustainability; water management
语种	英语
scopus关键词	agricultural economics; conceptual framework; decision making; equity; ethics; intergenerational transfer; policy analysis; sustainability; water management
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117560
作者单位	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg, Potsdam, 14473, Germany; Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Torgauer Str. 12-15, Berlin, 10829, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Biewald A.,Kowarsch M.,Lotze-Campen H.,et al. Ethical aspects in the economic modeling of water policy options[J],2015,30.
APA	Biewald A.,Kowarsch M.,Lotze-Campen H.,&Gerten D..(2015).Ethical aspects in the economic modeling of water policy options.Global Environmental Change,30.
MLA	Biewald A.,et al."Ethical aspects in the economic modeling of water policy options".Global Environmental Change 30(2015).